"homophyly" meaning in All languages combined

See homophyly on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: homophylies [plural]
Etymology: homo- + Ancient Greek φυλή (phulḗ, “clan”) + -y. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|φυλή||clan}} Ancient Greek φυλή (phulḗ, “clan”), {{suffix|en||y}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} homophyly (usually uncountable, plural homophylies)
  1. (biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Biology

Inflected forms

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